Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
AESCHYLUSIf a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
More Aeschylus Quotes
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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